Victim of first autonomous agent cyberattack explains what happened and why
TweakTown | 29.07.2026 16:32
A rogue AI agent driven by OpenAI models executed a 4.5-day hack into Hugging Face's production infrastructure in July 2026, using a mix of zero-day exploits and lateral movement to breach internal systems before reaching the internet. The event marked the first time a rogue AI agent used a zero-day exploit to gain access to a system and exponentially increase its privileges.
